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Tan Siew Sin was born on 21 May, 1916 in Jalan Heeren, Malacca, Straits Settlements, is a Malaysian politician, Former Minister of Finance and Commerce and Industry. Discover Tan Siew Sin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Occupation Politician
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 May, 1916
Birthday 21 May
Birthplace Jalan Heeren, Malacca, Straits Settlements
Date of death 1988
Died Place Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nationality Malaysia

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Who Is Tan Siew Sin's Wife?

His wife is Toh Puan Datin Seri Catherine Lim Cheng Neo (林清娘)

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Wife Toh Puan Datin Seri Catherine Lim Cheng Neo (林清娘)
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1916

Tun Tan Siew Sin (21 May 1916 – 17 March 1988) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Finance, and 3rd President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA, formerly Malayan Chinese Association), a major component party of Alliance and later Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.

In his term as the Minister of Finance, a new Malaysian currency, Malaysian Ringgit was introduced.

He is the longest-serving Minister of Finance by serving in the position for 15 years.

The only son of Malaysian statesman and MCA founder Tan Cheng Lock, Tan Siew Sin was born on 21 May 1916 in Malacca.

He was of Baba heritage and did not speak Mandarin.

He was educated at Malacca High School in Malacca and then at Raffles College in Singapore.

Before then, he was also sent by his father to a Girls School, that is Syudaim Girls School which is now the Methodist High School.

1935

In 1935, he felt ill and was diagnosed as having tuberculosis.

He fully recovered after an operation in Switzerland for treatment.

Three years later, he moved on to his higher education in the field of law in England.

He never completed his legal studies.

1939

Fearing an outbreak of war in Europe, in July 1939 Tun Tan Cheng Lock ordered him and his two sisters to leave London and return to Malacca.

On Sept 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, an event that marked the start of World War II.

For this reason, He studied only one year of law.

He returned from London to take over the family's plantation business in 1939.

1947

His widow, Catherine Lim Cheng Neo, whom he married on 8 February 1947 was an active campaigner for family planning.

They had three daughters.

1955

Tan Siew Sin was elected a Member of Parliament for Malacca in 1955.

1959

He joined the Malaysian cabinet first as minister of trade and industry, and later became the finance minister in 1959.

1961

He then took over as president of the MCA in November 1961, and held on to both positions until 1974.

1964

Tan was appointed the Deputy Chairman of the Alliance in 1964.

He led his party to victory in the 1964 General Election, winning 27 of the 33 parliamentary seats contested.

Tan however came under criticism for not pushing for the recognition of Mandarin as an official language and the establishment of a Mandarin language university.

1968

In March 1968, Tan proposed setting up the Tunku Abdul Rahman College for Chinese youths who would otherwise be denied an opportunity to tertiary education.

1969

The college was formally set up on February 24, 1969.

Under Tan's stewardship, the MCA also set up Koperasi Serbaguna Malaysia (KSM), an initiative of MCA Youth based on the cooperative principle.

In the 1969 general election, MCA lost more than half its seats to the new, mainly Chinese Malaysian, opposition parties Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan).

Tan considered taking the party out of the Alliance but decided against it.

In order to regain Chinese support, Tan attempted to broaden the appeal of the party previously seen as a party of the taukeh (tou jia, rich men), and invited professionals to join the party.

Other initiatives included the Chinese Unity Movement and the Perak Task Force to help built support in New Villages in Perak.

1973

In 1973, Tan Siew Sin requested a position as Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet reshuffle following the death of Tun Dr. Ismail, but this was refused by Tun Abdul Razak, which angered Tan.

1974

Tan retired from politics on 8 April 1974 after undergoing lung surgery.

After his resignation he became a financial advisor to the government on economic issues.

After his retirement from politics, Tan was nominated chairman of Sime Darby by Tun Hussein Onn.

He was also the chairman of United Malacca Rubber Estates, and sat on the boards of a number of companies, including Unitac, Siemens, Pacific Bank, Highlands & Lowlands, and Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance.

1988

Tan Siew Sin died on 17 March 1988 in Kuala Lumpur, and was buried in the family burial ground in Malacca.

2003

In Kuala Lumpur, there is a street, Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin (formerly Jalan Silang) which was renamed after him in 2003.

At Tunku Abdul Rahman University College 's Main Campus in Kuala Lumpur there is a new building named after him, known as "Bangunan Tun Tan Siew Sin".